The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.

I've never thought there was anything I could hope to get by praying for it.

Is it wrong to kill something that wants to kill you?

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.

She knows that whispers can be useful. Sometimes they contain real information. But usually they're fairy tales and lies. This is the worst kind of whisper, the kind that draws you in, gives you hope.